# Do you buy/read RPG supplements for fun? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 18, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270 "2019-07-18T19:18:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270/21 "2019-07-22T04:15:37Z")
Glad to see GURPS getting some love. I read the core books over and over. The one source book I couldn’t get enough of was the old Fantasy one detailing the world of Yrth. I always washed to run a campaign where players created themselves as characters, got transported to Yrth and gained abilities due to the increased magic. Never got to do that. I also read the shit out if the original version of the Star Wars RPG, especially Cracken’s Rebel Field Guide, written as an in-universe manual for Rebel Alliance soldiers and operatives. Vampire: The Masquerade had good lore, if a bit derivative. ---
**Author:** ![DerNils](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerNils](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerNils)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270/22 "2019-07-22T14:52:25Z")
Even though I am still an avid roleplayer, I won a lot of stuff that will never see Play. Especially now with Humble Bundles it gets worse. I have all the Brandon Sanderson RPG’s, different Editions of the Warhammer RPG and something I forgot the Name of but basically it was National Enquirer Headlines are all True: The RPG. It was worth it for the random Headline Generator alone. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270/23 "2019-07-22T15:25:22Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Vampire: The Masquerade had good lore, if a bit derivative. That reminds me of this old comic: [![](https://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/uploads/TrevorKrysak/2006-01-22_110205_20030908h.jpg) ](https://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/uploads/TrevorKrysak/2006-01-22_110205_20030908h.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Doubticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Doubticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubticus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270/24 "2019-07-22T21:39:19Z")
I’m currently only running one system for my group, but I do collect core books from other systems without plans to run them, mainly because I find it interesting to see how the rules are different and what types of games they excel at. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270/25 "2019-07-22T21:40:51Z")
Yes, I do this, though it’s been a while. Star Wars, DnD, and Battletech game books were some of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270/26 "2019-07-22T21:47:06Z")
The ratio between RPG products I have bought to RPG products I have actually played s probably 10:1 or higher. I don’t buy as much as I used to, however. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270/27 "2019-07-23T01:42:29Z")
Yeah, I got a good chunk of mine from Half Price Books, and there’s just not as many people getting rid of their old collections anymore (and of those, the good/interesting ones now seem to be mostly moved to the locked cabinets where they are more Double Price books). Yeah, I could get PDFs and all, I suppose, but it’s just not the same. (particularly on the toilet…) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270/28 "2019-07-23T04:10:13Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Glad to see GURPS getting some love. I read the core books over and over… I know, right? Usually when I’m asked what I did in high school, I say track and D&D. Even though i really mostly played GURPS. I got sick of trying to explain what GURPS was/is. My point is that you are all fucking NEEEEEERRRRRRRRDDDDS, and I love you. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270/29 "2019-07-23T04:36:08Z")
Back in the 80’s and 90’s, I purchased a ton of games that I never got a chance to play. I have a 2-row book case full of Avalon Hill games, Twilight 2000, etcetera. I play Pathfinder today, and I still occasionally buy supplements and modules that I’m never likely to play, just for the sheer joy of reading them and gleaning ideas from them. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270/30 "2019-07-23T17:29:45Z")
I have a lot of gamer geek friends, and together they probably have every edition of D&D rulebooks and Pathfinder modules. I have my old Rolemaster 1st edition rulebooks, all beaten and battered throughout the years. A friend found a source where that had all the Rolemaster products in PDF form, so I grabbed everything I could find. I found Darkspace, which I lost years ago, along with all sorts of SF and Fantasy genres: Samurai, Cyberpunk, Space Master, Greek, Egyptian… ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270/31 "2019-07-23T19:54:39Z")
Well, I apparently don’t buy them so I can play with them, so I’ll go with yes. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-read-rpg-supplements-for-fun/837270.md?page=1)